speed63
30th December 2008, 10:18
Firstly big thanks to Scrivy and Chris for having the foresight, knowledge and courage to run this event. Endurance racing is great fun.
This, my first race since crashing in the first round of the Vic series. The bike has been sitting in the shed for the winter. Thanks to Kawa10 , Billy and Choppa for helping out big time to get the bike back on the track.
In a weak moment I decided to enter the superman event but hey its one of things you have to do, right?
Arrived at the MotoTT pit 32 yesterday morning and Jrandom, Kiwifruit and Biggles were all set up and not long after Matt Bleck arrived. Great crew and nice to meet you all.
First practise - dry - Went out for three laps and scrubbed in new Metzeler Racetecs and pads. Thought I would go for it in the next qualifying session. Bad decision.
The rain came!
The weather was looking to set in wet so the pits were a hive of industry with wheels off, compressors running and tyres strewn everywhere. I didnt have spare wheels so got the guy changing tyres at the Chris Mitchell truck, to change to wets, thanks man. Fitted the wheels but missed the next qual session(My pit crew were late!). Start at number 14.
Set off Le Mans start and got down to business just trying to get into a rythm and suss out the wets and set up changes I had made. All felt okay. Standing water and planing going into the Sweeper was fun, ahem. Did one stop for fuel as had no idea how much we would use.
At about the 2 hour mark I clipped the white line going into the chicane a little hot off the main straight and went down, bugger. Bike was okay so with a few repairs got out again. Riding a little conservatively until my crew said get racing! The next challenge was to see if the wets would last. Kept off the racing lines to run in the wet section to keep tyres cool as could feel them going off. Last 15 minutes felt good and picked up pace a little. In what seemed a relatively short time the White flag came out and I had finished. Big congrats to the winners. Thanks to my crew and supporters.
How did some guys ride 30 minutes with one foot peg?
Thanks to Metzeler for the great tyres.
This, my first race since crashing in the first round of the Vic series. The bike has been sitting in the shed for the winter. Thanks to Kawa10 , Billy and Choppa for helping out big time to get the bike back on the track.
In a weak moment I decided to enter the superman event but hey its one of things you have to do, right?
Arrived at the MotoTT pit 32 yesterday morning and Jrandom, Kiwifruit and Biggles were all set up and not long after Matt Bleck arrived. Great crew and nice to meet you all.
First practise - dry - Went out for three laps and scrubbed in new Metzeler Racetecs and pads. Thought I would go for it in the next qualifying session. Bad decision.
The rain came!
The weather was looking to set in wet so the pits were a hive of industry with wheels off, compressors running and tyres strewn everywhere. I didnt have spare wheels so got the guy changing tyres at the Chris Mitchell truck, to change to wets, thanks man. Fitted the wheels but missed the next qual session(My pit crew were late!). Start at number 14.
Set off Le Mans start and got down to business just trying to get into a rythm and suss out the wets and set up changes I had made. All felt okay. Standing water and planing going into the Sweeper was fun, ahem. Did one stop for fuel as had no idea how much we would use.
At about the 2 hour mark I clipped the white line going into the chicane a little hot off the main straight and went down, bugger. Bike was okay so with a few repairs got out again. Riding a little conservatively until my crew said get racing! The next challenge was to see if the wets would last. Kept off the racing lines to run in the wet section to keep tyres cool as could feel them going off. Last 15 minutes felt good and picked up pace a little. In what seemed a relatively short time the White flag came out and I had finished. Big congrats to the winners. Thanks to my crew and supporters.
How did some guys ride 30 minutes with one foot peg?
Thanks to Metzeler for the great tyres.